November 06 - oooh the suspense.

[Hattie05]

Babies born:-
Welshgal - girl, Maddy born 16th October weighing 5lb 12oz
MeAndMyBoy(s)! - boy, Sam George born 21st Oct, 6lbs 4 1/2oz
CattyB - girl, Katherine Rose(?) born 26th Oct, 9lb 2oz.

Babies due:-
Youngmum21 due 29th Oct #1
Mummy2Toby due 30th Oct #2 has DS having a girl - Romford, Essex
Tinasan due 31st Oct #1 having a girl
Dpind due 1 november #2
Chubley due #3 on 3 November flavour unknown, DS (3) DD (16 months). West Yorkshire
Berthablatherwick due 4 Nov #2 Has DS 22m Flavour not known
TwoCatsOnTheBed due 4 Nov #1 Missed M/c last year
Eeyoreuk due 4th Nov #1 Leicester
Camgirl due 4th Nov #1
Debz99 due 5th Nov #1 having a boy
PinkMagic1 due 5 Nov #2 has DS, having a girl
Zink due 5 Nov #1
Delia due 5 Nov #1 flavour not known. Birmingham.
HopingCat due 6 Nov #1 flavour not known, Preston Lancs. Prediction born 4th Nov, 7lb 12oz
Lebe due 6th Nov #1 having a boy
AussieInLondon due 6 Nov #2 has DD
Emom due 7th Nov #1
Novis due 7th Nov #1
Rarrie due 7th Nov #2 has DD
AwayFromHome due 9 Nov #2 has DD
Spinach due 10th Nov (but will have cs weeek earlier) #2 has DD, having a girl
Jodypops due 10th Nov #2 has DD
Staceym11 due 11th Nov #2 has dd 16mth, having a boy Surrey
Velcrobott due 11th Nov #3 has DS and DD
Mower due 11 Nov #2 has DS having a boy
Jamcrumpet due 12 Nov #1
Mygirllolipop due 13 Nov #4 (a girl) has DD1 (7), DD2 (5), DD3 (1) homebirth, predict 9th just under 9lb
Tamula due 14 Nov #2, a girl, has DD (age 13.5mths)
Kif due 15th Nov #2 has DD aged 2, having a boy
Schmizaj due 16th Nov
Sighkotika, due 17 nov #1 having a boy.
Fatbetty due 18th Nov #3 has DS1 & DS2 (age 3 and 21 months)
Podglet due 18th November #1, m/c Nov 05, flavour not known, Colchester - Essex. Prediction born
20th Nov 9lb 4oz
Kaybee7777 due 19th November #1 having a boy
Flowers1 due 19th November
Bethbe due 19th November #1 unknown, h/b 140, prediction: 2nd Dec @ 8lb 12oz, Herts/London
m0m due 20th Nov #2
Joules1234 due 20th November
Foghornleghorn due 21st November has DD aged 23 months
CharleeSunnysunsun due 21st November #2 has DS 22 aged months, scan says having a boy
Littlemermaid due 22nd Nov #2 has DS
Hattie 05 due 22 Nov #2, a girl, have dd aged 3
Harrogatemum due 24 Nov #3, has DTs aged 18 months. Harrogate (!)
Frangosa due 24 Nov #2, has DD aged 18 months
saralou100 due 24 Nov #2 has ds 17months flavour unknown Bournemouth, dorset.. predicts born on 30th weighing 8lb 4oz
NatalieJane due 25 Nov #2 has DS age 4, Accrington, having a boy. Predicting: D.O.B. 2nd December, weighing 8lb 9oz.
MommyUpNorth due 25 Nov #4 has DD (5), DS (3), DS (1)
Martinemorris due 25 Nov
amyjade due 30 November #3 Have 2 Dds. Having elective C section at 38 weeks(Flavour unknown)
LadyAnne1sttimemum due 27 November #1 flavour not known, Plymouth, Devon prediction - baby born early and very long in length.
Debbsy 1st time mum due 27th Nov a boy. Staffordshire
Calsworld due 1st Dec #1

Just thought I would take the ladies who have already given birth off the "due" section so the list isnt as long!!

Babies born:-
Welshgal - girl, Maddy born 16th October weighing 5lb 12oz
Awayfromhome, boy, Benjamin, 20th October, 4lb.
MeAndMyBoy(s)! - boy, Sam George born 21st Oct, 6lbs 4 1/2oz
CattyB - girl, Katherine Rose born 26th Oct, 9lb 2oz.
Tinasan - girl, Elena born 26 Oct, 7lb 4oz
Mummy2Toby - girl, Freya grace 28th Oct, 6lb 4oz
Podglet - boy, Ivan David Hull 1st November, 7lb 15oz
Eeyore - girl, Ava Ruby, 2nd November, 6lb 9oz
Purpleluce - boy, Samuel Harry, 2nd November, 8lb 8oz
StaceyM - boy, Keiran Daniel Howell, 4th November, 7lb
Spinach - girl, Isabelle Grace, 4th November, 8lb 4oz.
Hopingcat - girl, Isabelle Grace, 4th november, 7lb 14oz
Delia - girl, Paige Alyson 9 November, 7lb 3oz
Charlee- boy, Harry, 9 November, 7lb 6oz.
chubley - boy, Alexander George, 10 November, 9lb 10oz.
kif - boy, 11th november (details please!!!!)
Youngmum - girl, Jasmine, 12th November, 7lb 10oz.
pinkmagic1 - girl, Yasmin, 12th november, 7lbs 8oz.
2catsonthebed - Edie, 14 November, 7lb 14oz
mygirllolipop - girl, Amelie Sophine, 15 November, 8lb 7 1/2oz

Babies due:-
Dpind due 1 november #2
Berthablatherwick due 4 Nov #2 Has DS 22m Flavour not known
Camgirl due 4th Nov #1
Debz99 due 5th Nov #1 having a boy
Zink due 5 Nov #1
Lebe due 6th Nov #1 having a boy
AussieInLondon due 6 Nov #2 has DD
Emom due 7th Nov #1
Novis due 7th Nov #1
Rarrie due 7th Nov #2 has DD
Jodypops due 10th Nov #2 has DD
Velcrobott due 11th Nov #3 has DS and DD
Mower due 11 Nov #2 has DS having a boy
Jamcrumpet due 12 Nov #1
Tamula due 14 Nov #2, a girl, has DD (age 13.5mths)
Schmizaj due 16th Nov
Sighkotika, due 17 nov #1 having a boy.
40 weeks - due 17 November, sex unknown but suspected its a pink one
Fatbetty due 18th Nov #3 has DS1 & DS2 (age 3 and 21 months)
Kaybee7777 due 19th November #1 having a boy
Flowers1 due 19th November
Bethbe due 19th November #1 unknown, h/b 140, prediction: 2nd Dec @ 8lb 12oz, Herts/London
m0m due 20th Nov #2
Joules1234 due 20th November
Foghornleghorn due 21st November has DD aged 23 months
Littlemermaid due 22nd Nov #2 has DS
Hattie 05 due 22 Nov #2, a girl, have dd aged 3
Harrogatemum due 24 Nov #3, has DTs aged 18 months. Harrogate (!)
Frangosa due 24 Nov #2, has DD aged 18 months
saralou100 due 24 Nov #2 has ds 17months flavour unknown Bournemouth, dorset.. predicts born on 30th weighing 8lb 4oz
MommyUpNorth due 25 Nov #4 has DD (5), DS (3), DS (1)
Martinemorris due 25 Nov
LadyAnne1sttimemum due 27 November #1 flavour not known, Plymouth, Devon prediction - baby born early and very long in length.
Debbsy 1st time mum due 27th Nov a boy. Staffordshire
NatalieJane due 29 Nov #2 has DS age 4, Accrington, having a boy. Predicting: D.O.B. 2nd December, weighing 8lb 9oz.
Kelsuprise due 29 Nov. #1 flavour not known
amyjade due 30 November #3 Have 2 Dds. Having elective C section at 38 weeks(Flavour unknown)
Calsworld due 1st Dec #1

Hi all just thought id let you know me and jasmine are doing well and i love being a mum!!!

If any one has any tips on breast feeding wud be grateful am finding it diff!

Hopefully not long for the rest of you xx

Hi ladies,

congrats on the recent births and good luck to those of us still waiting!!

I'm 2 days over and sick to death of being pregnant

dd1 was 2 weeks late but i kind of hoped that was due to her being my first, please dear god dont let me have to wait 2 weeks again, i'm as big as a house and the outside world is beginning to jar me when they keep asking when i'm due, Oooo, arent you big? have u got 2 in there?

just sod off and burn in hell

we're not online at home yet - since we moved - so i'll catch up next time i can...

XxxxX

HC, DS wouldn't have a dummy at all (he would spit it out) I was always worried he would take to sucking his thumb or something instead, which I personally find worse as you obviously can't take thumbs away.
Sara, I hope it turns out to be nothing more than a bug or something, could he have picked it up at your nephews party?
YM, it is lovely to hear how you are getting on, I won't comment on the BF as I failed quite miserably last time, but I'm sure someone will be able to help.

I have just been into town, I went to get some Raspberry Leaf Tablets, looked at the tea on the shelf and decided I just couldn't face it!! LOL Also got some lavender oil and clary sage essential oils, all from Holland and Barrets, (£18 odd it was, I was !!!) And I went to get Justin Timberlakes album for DS (Yes I know he is sad, but he is only 4!!!) and I saw an old Busta Rhymes CD that I used to listen to over and over when I was about 14, I had to buy it, apart from not understanding half of what he is saying, it is quite good! I don't think it will be on the play list for nice relaxing birthing music though!! LOL

...Oh... um.... what do I actually do with these oils? I found a site about it the other day and now can't find it and can't remember what it said!! LOL

Congrats Mygirl Can't wait to see you over at the post natal thread.

About the breastfeeding the only tips i can give (bearing in mind this is the first baby i have fed) all i can say is be persistant and try different positions harry is feeding 100% better now im holding him different. So try new positions and alos if like meyou have a baby who likes to throw thier arms about try swaddling with the arms wrapped by thier side i does help if you only have the head and breast to manover not two flailing arms aswell!

I hoe the rest of you are doing well, we must be getting there by now surley? Im sending big huge labour vibes to you all

We are ok here Harry is doing well and DS1 Jack is adjusting plus we have his hospital appointment tomorrow to get the ball rolling on curing him hopefully! Im ok not sore or anything although the pushing in labour has given me a small case of piles its funny how i have no qualms about breastfeeding in public or giving birth with my bits out for the whole labour suite to see but going into Boots to buy hemeroid cream almost killed me!

Hugs to all

NJ - Put 10 drops of Clary Sage and 10 drops of Lavendar in a warm bath and massage your bump with the water. I did this about 3 days before harry arrived.

Thanks Charlee

PMSL at going to boots How true is that?!!! LOL

I hope tomorrows appointment goes as well as it can be expected

NJ you know you can get raspberry leaf tablets?! I got them a couple of weeks ago as i couldn't face the idea of tea!!

Yep, I got the tablets after standing there looking at the tea, I knew I couldn't do the tea!

Congrats mygirl - look forward to seeing you on post natal! Lovely name too...

Charlee - also PMSL at the Boots comment, know exactly what you mean

DS (I love typing that!) has just started bellowing for his mid afternoon meal so I had better go...

Take care all,

Congrats to the new mums, well done, so pleased for you.
NJU - you can also burn the oils in a burner o just put a few drops into a bowl of boiling water or miz them with a base oil, (even baby oil will do) and get you DH to massage into your back. Thats supposeto be good for labour. But the bath is easiest and what I have been doing with mine.
Today is my due date and getting lots of concerned calls from people - one half of me thinks they are all lovely for thinking of me, but the other half of me wonders if they seriously think I am going to start making calls to let them know when I go into labour.....They all ask, 'Any news?' and I wonder if they really think I wouldnt say anything if I had had the baby by now?????!!! I might just turn my phone off....

Hi all

Re: the oils - I have loads as I was into Aromatherapy before PG. My MW though keeps telling me not to use lavender on your skin as it can lead to bleeding? Other books and what I thought before is that it's the safest oil to use in pg... very confusing - best to use an oil burner though - don't forget to add a drop of water to the burner and keep an eye on those candles... If going into hospital - you can't take the burner but mixing the oils with water to form a light spray - to spray in the room (not on face)should work and create a pleasanter atmosphere. No progress here, a few twinges, no contraction type things, kick chart completed by 1.30pm - baby definitely slowing down and seems very low in my abdomen today - I might as well take up residence in the bathroom! Only hint of nesting instinct is that after going to bed at 10.00 - I woke up at 1.00am feeling ready to take on the world ... couldn't decide what to do with the energy, so went back to bed and decided to practice pelvic floor exercises and relaxation techniques instead. Fell asleep again an hour or so later. Bizarre or what.

See ya all

LA

HI everyone congrats to all the new arrivals! its happening fast now i can't keep up!

Well i was up all night with contractions, went to bed at 4am and woke this morning to find they had gone.
Been to midwife this morning and had contractions in the waiting room. she did a sweep and says i'm 2cm dilated with favourable cervix! head pressing right down on it. So DP and dd have marched me round the shops all afternoon to try and get things going. Have been left with cramps ever since the sweep so i really hope to see something happening soon! Mw was quite confident she thought it'd be soon.

Good luck everyone!

Well I have done the bath thing, roped DH into a bit of ahem...help... massaged my belly with the oils, and am now having some pretty strong contractions but not really very regular, wait and see I suppose. It might just be the normal thing back again, I can't see it being the oils and DH's input working so quickly!!

Just thought I'd led you all know that, after beginning his journey at 3am on Thurs, Jack James made his appearance at 2.25 Friday 10th Nov (one day earlier than his due date).

Was in labour for 22.5 hours before I went in for an emergency c-section, though I was very lucky to have the epidural and see him. Jack James decided to come out weighing 10lbs 4oz, and considering I'm quite slight, I'm glad he didn't come tearing out of me.

We were in hospital until Monday (his breathing was monitored for two days), but now we are home and DH and I are absolutely in love!

hattie - the pain but mw says im doing it rite and the fact that now she only feding for 5-10 mins at a time so maybe im doing it wrong again!!!

Any ideas?

nj anything yet?
wow congrats snow pea we have james for our bibbys middle name too
ahhhh this is making me more and more excited to think we will be holding our baby soon too.

Congrats bcsnowpea!!

Youngmum, it is painful in the very early days but it won't last. Are you feeling the pain as your milk comes in? That will go away.
Every baby is different, many will feed short and often, and then enjoy a very long drawn out feed at the end of the day. whatever they do is fine, so long as they are content and start putting on weight etc. so long as your baby is pooing and weeing you're doing fine x

I would recommend you don't clock watch or count how many feeds. My dd used to feed very very often in the early days, just go with the flow and you'll be fine.

Its hard to feel confident that your body is providing everything your lo needs isn't it? But you really are! as much as you have grown it over the last 9mths you are still fully capable of feeding your dd now

Huge congrats to Snowpea - Well done

I have just done another belly massage, (you can't OD on these things can you?) started taking the RLT, and bounced about on the birthing ball for half an hour and contractions have all but dissapeared! So I am off to my bed.

At least we might make it to the weekend, we have got a carpet cleaner and DH has promised to do my living room, dining room, and hall/stairs carpets as long as the baby isn't here by then - which isn't looking likely now!

Oh and that clary sage stuff absolutely reeks, it is horrible, my whole house smells of it

Morning last off, first on again I see, I hope you are all off being too busy having babies!!

I had another good nights sleep last night, and didn't need to get up for a wee again I am actually feeling quite normal again now! I have already put two loads of washing on, cleaned the kitchen and the bathroom, made all the beds and hoovered the downstairs, thought I might as well get it done while I have the energy!! I have had loads of mild contractions this morning, but doing the cleaning (especially the hoovering) really sets them off because of the irritable uterus thing so I'm not thinking anything is starting.

It really does feel like it will be weeks away now, I don't feel at all ready for labour, and I actually had a funny minute this morning when it suddenly hit me that (by my dates, that I am still sure are more right than the scan dates) I am 39 weeks tomorrow, that is just absolutely ridiculus! Where have the last 9 months gone?

Oh, and my belly feels lovely today all soft and shiny LOL

(I am freezing to death though, have had to open all the windows up to get rid of the smell of that clary sage - it had better be worth it!!!)

Morning!

Boring - nothing happening and due on Sunday! Well when I say nothing, obviously I mean plenty of dribble, dampness 'down there', heartburn, tiredness etc. but nothing to indicate any likely arrival!

LA: What's the kick chart all about?

Can you believe we are already over half way through the month, and we still have about two thirds of the babies to be born yet?! And yet, we seem to get news of new babies on an almost daily basis!

Kick chart is just a chart to record the babies movements on, it is to make sure the baby is kicking at least 10 times a day, some areas seem to use it a lot, and others (mine for instance) it has never even been mentioned!